Melancholy Tales (1975)

03/20/1975 (NL) • 1h 35m

Drama, Comedy

Overview

A series of four stories written by the Dutch writer Heere Heeresma, interpreted by four different directors. A confirmed bachelor bumps into his secretary after work. An old man just wants to be left alone at Christmas time. A former sailor yearns to get back to the sea, away from his clarinet playing wife. A shopkeeper in a rowboat gets into an argument with a postman on a bicycle.

Top Billed Cast

Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

Winkelier (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")

Rijk de Gooyer

Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")

Lex Goudsmit

Opa (segment "De smalle oude man")

Joost Prinsen

Man van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")


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Status

Released

Original Language

Dutch

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

woman director

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